Vehicle-swing.



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-VEHICLE SWING.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 2, 1912.

Patented Jan.28, 1913.

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VEHICLE SWING.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2, 1912.

1,051,796. Patented Jan. 28, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR ZIMMERMANN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

VEHICLESWING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR ZIMMERMANN, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, and a resident of Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of Cali? fornia, have invented a new and Improved Vehicle-Swing, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved mechanical swing, arranged to provide an exhilarating exercise and considerable amusement to young and old using the swing, to insure safety in the use of the vehicle swing and to guard against a tendency of producing dizziness of the user.

For the purpose mentioned, use is made of a suspended link pivotally supporting at its lower end a supporting frame provided at one end with wheels and seats, the wheels being adapted to travel on the ground, on the floor, on rails or other suitable support.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference inclicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the vehicle swing; Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same, on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a modified form of the vehicle swing; Fig. 4 is a plan view. of another modified form of the amusement apparatus with the supporting link in section; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the same.

A suitably constructed stand A is provided with a top cross bar A carrying eye bolts B pivotally supporting the upper end of a link G, preferably formed of side bars C, C and cross bars C C connecting the upper and lower portions of the side bars C, C with each other. The upper cross bar 0 is engaged with the eye bolts B to pivotally suspend the link 0 from the said eye bolts B, and the lower cross bar C of the link C engages one of a series of bearings D, D, D held on the under side of a supporting frame F, to allow the supporting frame F to swing on the cross bar C of the swinging link C. The supporting frame F is preferably in the form of two parallel beams, and the bearing D is located approximately midway between the ends of the frame, while the bearings D and D are 10 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 2, 1912.

Patented Jan. 28,1913. Serial No. 712,847.

cated at opposite sides of the bearing D and spaced from the same.

The supporting frame F is provided at its ends with seats G, G which connect the side beams of the frame with each other, and the supporting frame F is provided at one end with wheels H adapted to travel on the ground, floor, rails or other supporting surface, and the said wheels H are disposed directly below the seat G. Ropes or other flexible connections I are attached to the top cross bar A of the stand and extend to the persons seated in the seats G, G, so that on the persons alternately pulling and releasing the ends of the ropes a swinging motion is given to the suspended link C and a forward and backward traveling motion to the supporting frame F with the wheels H traveling on the supporting surface above mentioned. The unsupported end of the supporting frame F, during the forward and backward traveling motion of the frame, swings up and down, as will be readily understood by reference to the dotted lines shown in Fig. 2.

It is understood that when the suspended link C is in vertical position the supporting frame F is in horizontal position but during either the forward movement in the direction of the arrow a or a backward movement in the inverse direction of the arrow at the seat G with the person seated thereon moves up and down.

In order to keep the wheels H at all times in contact with the supporting surface, it is necessary to change the pivotal connection of the supporting link C with the frame F according to the weights of the persons seated on the seats G and G, that is, a preponderance of weight must be in the seat G to hold the wheels H in contact with the supporting surface.

It is understood that one person may use the swing seated in the seat G, but the swing can also be used by two persons, as indicated in Fig. 2.

If desired, the supporting frame F may be made in two sections F and F (see Fig. 3) pivotally connected at E with the suspended link C, and the free ends of the sections F and F are provided with seats G, G and wheels H, H adapted to travel on the supporting surface. Now when a swinging motion is given to the suspended link C in the manner previously described,

a forward and backward traveling motion is given to the supporting frame F with the wheels H, H traveling on the supporting surface.

In the modification shown in Figs. 4 and 5', the supporting frame F is made in two parts F and F pivotally connected at E to the suspended link 0, and the ends of the sections F and F are provided with seats G Gr and G G6, and the opposite ends of the said frame sections F 3 and F are provided with wheels H H adapted to travel on the supporting surface.

It is understood that when a swinging motion is given to the link C, the wheels H and H travel on the supporting surface while the seats G G swing up and down.

I do not limit myself to the said pivotal connection shown and described between the link C and the supporting frame F as the same may be varied, nor to the construction of the seats G, which may be rigid or mounted to swing on the supporting frame F.

The vehicle swing may be made in various sizes for the use of children or grown-up persons, and lnstead of the ropes I a motor may be used for giving the desired swinging motion to the suspended link C.

The ropes I to be used for imparting a swinging motion to the link C can also be used by the person for braking purposes to prevent undue use of the vehicle swing by one of the persons.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A vehicle swing comprising a fixed support, a depending link pivoted thereto, a frame pivoted to the lower end of said link and adapted to oscillate vertically thereon, and a wheel attached to the free end of said frame and adapted to travel on the supporting surface above which the fixed support is located, as described.

2. A vehicle swing, comprising a depending link, a supporting frame pivotally connected with the said link, a seat carried on the frame at a point remote from the fulcrum of the frame, and wheels mounted on the said frame below the seat and adapted to travel on a horizontal supporting surface.

3. A vehicle swing, comprising a support, a link depending from the said support, a supporting frame pivotally connected between its ends with the lower end of the said link, seats held on the ends of the said frame, wheels mounted on one end of the said frame below the corresponding seat and adapted to travel on a supporting surface, and means for imparting a swinging motion to the said link.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OSCAR ZIMMERMANN.

Witnesses:

OTTO VOGEL, WM. FAESSLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. C.

Commissioner of Patents, 

